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J. 0. SGHLEIGHER.

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APPLIOATION FILED APR. 27, 1912.

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Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

J. G. SGHLEIGHER.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1912.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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JOHN G. SQHLEICHER, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK. I

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Application filed April 27, 1912. Serial No. 693,656.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN C. SOHLEICHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, Westchester county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ships, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ships, and particularly to passenger carrying, ocean going ships which carry valuables such as money and securities, and the object of the invention is. to provide means which, in case of collision with derelicts or other accidents, will insure the safety of the passengers and valuables.

This object is accomplished by providing the ship at one or both of its ends with complete detachable boats, housed within the lines of the body of the ship adapted to be launched therefrom, and which will be self propelled and self controlled and capable of accommodating all of the passengers, crew and valuables on board the ship proper in. an emergency.

A further object of this invention is to construct a ship with one or more series of storage compartments housed within suitable bulkheads, the sides of said compartments being spaced from the sides of the bulkheads by yielding pneumatic devices so arranged as to allow of a limited movement of the storage compartments within the bulkheads.

In the drawings :Figure 1. is a longitudinal diagrammatic sectional view of a ship constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2. is a plan view of my improved ship. Fig. 3. is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing only a portion of the ship with parts omitted, Fig. 4. is a rear end view of the ship. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing a modification.

Similar reference characters are used to indicate like parts in all of the views.

In the drawings 1 indicates the hull of the ship, having the usual deck 2, the bow being shown at 3, and the stern at 4, and deck 2 at the bow end, in the construction shown, is provided with a recess or depression 5, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. The deck 2, at the sternend of the ship is provided with another recess or depression 6, of approximately the same depth of the recess or chamber 5, and is adapted to receive a complete self propelled, and controlled boat 7, which is provided, in the form of construction shown, with lower intermediate and upper decks 8, 9, and 10 respectively. The lower deck 8, is divided into a plurality of compartments 11, adapted to accommodate the propelling apparatus, fuel, safes and other heavy merchandise, while the in termediate deck 9, is also preferably divided nto large compartments 12 and is designed to accommodate the steerage passengers and food supplies. The upper deck 10, is provided with dining rooms and parlors 13, and is adapted to accommodate the first and second cabin passengers. The boat 7, is further provided with a look-out tower 14:, having a water tight entrance door 15; and hatchways 16, are formed in the top to permit of entrance into the boat as will be readily understood.

Secured to the deck 2 of the ship 1 are posts 17, and fixed to the front end of the boat 7, are similar posts 18, around which is adapted to be passed a rope 19, which retains the boat 7, in the recess or depression 6, under all conditions; and power launches 20, are carried in suitable supports on the top of the boat 7. The bottom 21, of the recess or depression 6, is provided with spaced ribs or Ways 22, on which the boat 7, is adapted to rest and which provide air spaces. Mounted in the rear end of the recess or depression 6, is a roller 23, behind which is an inclined extension 24, of the bottom 21, of the recess or depression 6, and pivotally mounted at 25, in a slot formed in the bottom 21, is a tilting beam 26, provided with suitable rollers 27, which are designed to engage the bottom of the boat 7, when it is desired to launch the same. The front end of the pivoted beam 26, is raised in the operation of launching the boat 7, by means of a heavy jack-screw 28, operating in a fixed nut 29, supported in a suitable frame work 30, as shown.

In the construction shown in lfiig. 4, the transverse dimensions of the boat 7, is somewhat less than the hull of ship 1, and the anchor ropes 19, are provided to hold said boat 7, securely in place in the recess or depression 6, but in the construction shown in Fig. 8, the sides of the boat 7, are extended to the sides of the hull of the ship 1. The recess or depression 5, in the bow of the ship is designed to receive a self propelled and controlled boat similar to the boat 7, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I do not desire to be understood as limitinc; myself to the detail features and con- ,may he resorted to, in the adaption of my invention to varying conditions of use, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I thereforev reserve. the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope ofmy invention and the scope of the following claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isf' A ship of the class described having a depression the deck thereof, rollers extending transversely across the outer end of said depression, the bottom ofsaid depression being' inclined downwardly at the rear of said rollers and having a longitudinal opening therein in advance of said rollers, a lever fulcrumed in one end of said opening and provided at its upper face with rollers and means for forcing the free end of said lever outwardly.

In testimony whereof, I, JOHN C. SCHLEICHER have signed my name to this specification in the prwence of two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of April 1912. JOHN C. SCHLEIGHER.

'Witnesses:

GRACE A. RAYMOND, CALVIN G. HoAN'. 

